I came to tech by way of classical music, which means I care deeply about technical craft, how people work in harmony, and how practice makes perfect progress. Whether I'm designing backend systems, writing developer docs, or giving a talk on soft skills, my work is rooted in creativity and care.
Languages & Frameworks
🐍 Python, PHP, JavaScript, SQL
👶🏼 Learning C#/.NET
🎼 Symfony, Flask, Laravel, React, Vue, Pydantic, pandas (and more!)
Cloud & Infrastructure
☁️ AWS (Lambda, S3, CDK, EventBridge, SES, SQS, LocalStack)
⚙️ Serverless Architecture, CI/CD, Git
Industries I've Worked In 🩺 Health tech 🛒 E-commerce 🌐 Small Business & Marketing Websites 🎼 Music
- Turning “figure it out” into a plan, then a result
- Updating the docs and writing the tests before you even think to ask
- Being the teammate you want to see on the Zoom invite
- Speaking, mentoring, and community-building
- 🌟 “Work Smarter: Code Like a Musician” – KEYNOTE at the upcoming Longhorn PHP conference.
- “Building a SOLID Foundation” – talk on OOP principles at php[tek], Artists Who Code, and Tulsa Web Devs; published as article in php[architect] magazine
- “Touching Grass: How NOT Developing Makes Us Better Devs” – talk at php[tek] and Artists Who Code
- “Work Smarter: Take Cues from the Music-Learning Process” – essay in 24 Days of PHP
- 🎧 Dev Jams Podcast (Guest) – Connecting Cellists Globally – discussed creative coding, cello, and developer community with Cloudinary
- 🏆 Ovia Ovation Award – company-wide DEI&B and culture award, Ovia Health, 2023